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Nikon AF-S NIKKOR 24-70mm f/2.8G ED

09/16/2006 10:50:01 AM · #1

I've just callibrated my monitor and now all my pictures look TERRIBLE!! Would anyone with a properly calibrated monitor be willing to take a peek and tell me if they look as aweful on their monitor as they do on mine?

Want to make sure everyone else sees what I see before I post anything else. (And have to redo everything already out there.) Callibration was another first. Thanks DPC!! :)

Message edited by author 2006-09-22 00:35:53.

Neil

Fujifilm X-T30

09/16/2006 10:58:23 AM · #2

No, they don't look awful.

I'm guessing your monitor was too dark, as mine was (before calibrating). This one has no true blacks, for example:

This one looks fine. You can see some detail in all the dark areas:

Though a bit blue in those areas perhaps.

Message edited by author 2006-09-16 10:58:38.

Sony 24-70mm F4 Vario-Tessar T* FE OSS

09/16/2006 11:11:00 AM · #3

Thanks

hmmm, that my well have been the problem as now everything looks very
bright. wasn't sure if the contrast was also off. Which throws EVERYTHING off.

Bear_Music

Samsung Galaxy S24 Ultra

09/16/2006 02:19:38 PM · #4

Try taking one of your shots (Jerome Door perhaps, which looks pretty good to me) and process another version so it looks, on your newly calibrated monitor, the way it used to look to you on your UNcalibrated monitor, and post those side-by-side so we can compare what you WERE seeing with what you NOW see. That would be interesting, and possibly instructive.

Robt.

lyta

Canon EOS-40D

Canon EF 24-105mm f/4.0L IS

09/16/2006 02:46:21 PM · #5

I'm having the same problem. Even our laptop looks better than my new monitor. Can't get the color right amd photos in photoshop look jaggy and blocky. Not even calibrating seems to do the trick.
I can see quite a lot of detail in your pic

Sony 24-70mm F4 Vario-Tessar T* FE OSS

09/16/2006 04:48:06 PM · #6

Ok, here is what the TEST looks like.

Pre Callibration

First

Reworked

Now reworked after callibration

Please let me know what the differences are that you can see from the "pre" to the "post" callibration shots.

Bear_Music

Samsung Galaxy S24 Ultra

09/16/2006 05:19:59 PM · #7

Is it possible for you to process one NOW, on your newly-calibrated monitor, so that it looks the way the original looked TO YOU on your uncalibrated monitor? That's what I'm interested in seeing. FWIW the examples posted show distinct linear improvement.

R.